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Harden an Existing Security Group

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Recipe · 2 steps

Harden an Existing Security Group

with Amazon EC2 · Cybersecurity Management

Resolve a security group and authorize one scoped inbound rule.

  1. Confirm the target security group exists before adding a rule.
  2. Authorize the requested scoped inbound rule on the security group.
What you'll need to have ready
  • groupId: The ID of the security group to harden.
  • ipProtocol: The IP protocol name (tcp, udp, icmp) or number.
  • fromPort: The start of the port range.
  • toPort: The end of the port range.
  • cidrIp: The IPv4 CIDR range allowed by the new rule.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow amazon-ec2:harden-existing-security-group, 2 operations: DescribeSecurityGroups → AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress. Specs on APIs.io.

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